Dark Matter Spiced Rum (700ml)

This is far from your average Rum. Firstly, it is Scotland's first and
only Rum, made in a purpose built distillery in Banchory, between the Cairngorms
and Aberdeen. Two brothers, Jim and John Ewan are behind the project and brought
in Cory Mason - ex-Rum distiller at New York State's Berkshire Mountain
Distillers (to name one of his many exploits) - to help them set things up. The
result is a remarkable spiced rum made with only the finest, fresh ingredients
and an attention to detail that the big boys can only dream about.

Dark
Matter's infusion takes in a swathe of hand sliced fresh ginger, fresh green
peppercorns (plucked by hand from their stalks), hand crushed, allspice berries,
and Indian long pepper (a close relative of black pepper with a similar but
spicier personality). Finally, to impart the ideal balance of sweet and spice,
60 g/l molasses is added. It is from this latter addition, and the spice
infusion, Dark Matter takes its colour - no caramel colour is added. The quality
and freshness of the ingredients creates a huge whack of intense ginger and
spice and the class of the molasses creates a texture and a class that is unique
in this style of rum, in our experience.